Vanessa Bryant made her first public comment Wednesday since the helicopter crash that killed her husband Kobe Bryant and one of their daughters.

“We are completely devastated (摧毁) by the _________ loss of my adoring husband, Kobe—the amazing father of our children; and my beautiful, sweet Gianna—a loving, thoughtful and wonderful daughter, and amazing _________ to Natalia, Bianka and Capri,” Vanessa Bryant wrote.

The Bryants would have _________ their 19th wedding anniversary this April. They had four daughters including Natalia, Bianka, Capri and the 13-year-old Gianna who died in the crash.

“There aren’t _________ words to describe our pain right now,” Vanessa Bryant wrote. “I take _________ in knowing that Kobe and Gianna both knew that they were so deeply loved. We were so fortunate to have them in our _________. I wish they were here with us _________. They were our beautiful blessings _________ from us too soon.”

“I’m not sure what our lives hold _________ today, and it’s impossible to __________ life without them,” Vanessa Bryant continued. “But we wake up each day, __________ to go ahead because Kobe, and our baby girl, Gigi, are shining on us to __________ the way. Our love for them is __________. I just wish I could hug them, __________ them and have them here with us right now.”

In the meanwhile, Vanessa Bryant asked for continued __________ of her family’s privacy as it is “going through this new reality”.

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work.

When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son ______up at me and said “I love you.” I didn’t know what to say. For several ______all I could do was to______ there and look at him. My first thought was that he must need ______ with his homework or he was trying to ______ me for some news .

Finally, I asked, “What was that all about?”

“Nothing,” He said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents that we love them and sees what they say. It’s ______.”

The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had______.

“Most of the fathers had the ______ reacting (反应) as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first______we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble. “The______is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of ______ . It’s something all people require. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too ______ we don’t all express those feeling. A boy should be______to tell his dad he loves him.”

The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how______it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.

When my son came to me that evening, I held on to (抱着) him for a more second. And just before he ______ away, I said in my deepest, most manly (有男子气概的) voice, “Hey, I love you, too.”

I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good.

My mother has always been one of those rare people that sees the good in everyone and does good things. She’s had her ups and downs but has always_______a positive, sunny outlook on life and been very_______to people.

One day, my little sister fell and hurt her ankle, desperately needing a_______to the hospital emergency room. My mother immediately_______into crisis mode, packed my sister into the car, and drove to our local hospital. In such a_______, my mother didn’t call to tell my father. When she got to the hospital, she realized she needed to_______with my father immediately.

While waiting for my sister to be examined, my mother_______her way to the pay phone to place her call. She put her coin in, called my father and told him everything. After she hung up, the phone_______several additional coins that Mom wasn’t owed.

Realizing that the phone was_______, my mother decided to leave the________coins by the phone. She told us that in a crisis, people might not remember to bring________with them to make that emergency call.

I’ve often thought about her________from an adult’s perspective. I realize that someone seeing the money by he phone may have________taken it because not everyone was as________as my mother. But I like to believe that my mother’s faith was ________and that someone who needed them found the coins waiting there.